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Kadir Nelson
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Kadir Nelson reads from We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
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Kadir Nelson reads from Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
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In-depth Written Interview with Kadir Nelson about We Are the Ship
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kadir Nelson about Nelson Mandela
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Kadir Nelson about Thunder Rose
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Kadir Nelson about Ellington Was Not a Street
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Kadir Nelson about Moses
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kadir Nelson about Heart and Soul
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Kadir Nelson about I Have a Dream
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Kadir Nelson about We Are the Ship
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kadir Nelson
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About the Author 2
Author Interviews 33
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Kadir Nelson reads from We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
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Kadir Nelson reads from Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
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In-depth Written Interview with Kadir Nelson
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Interview with Kadir Nelson
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Interview with Kadir Nelson
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Interview with Kadir Nelson
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Illustrator Q&A with Kadir Nelson
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Ellington Was Not a Street
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about We Are the Ship
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Testing the Ice
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2020 Kate Greenaway Shadowers' Choice acceptance speech by Kadir Nelson about The Undefeated
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Caldecott Medal Acceptance Speech, given by Kadir Nelson about The Undefeated
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Nelson Mandela
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Blue Sky White Stars
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Heart and Soul
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Heart and Soul
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Heart and Soul
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Heart and Soul
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about The Undefeated
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Testing the Ice
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about The Undefeated
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about I Have a Dream
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Heart and Soul
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about We Are the Ship
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Coretta Scott King Book Award Recipients Reveal Their Stories: Kadir Nelson about We Are the Ship
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about I Have a Dream
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about We Are the Ship
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
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Books by Kadir Nelson 34
![The Undefeated](https://www.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/62315_hi.jpg)
![Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans](https://www.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0061730742.jpg)
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![Henry's Freedom Box](https://www.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/043977733X.jpg)
![Ellington Was Not a Street](https://www.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0689828845.jpg)
![Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom](https://www.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0786851759.jpg)
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Kadir Nelson
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![A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis](https://www.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0803731671.jpg)
A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis
by Matt de la Peña and Kadir Nelson
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![I Have a Dream](https://www.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0375858873.jpg)
![Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson](https://www.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0545052513.jpg)
Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson
by Sharon Robinson and Kadir Nelson
20 Resources1 Award
![Under the Christmas Tree](https://www.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0688159990.jpg)
![Thunder Rose](https://www.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0152164723.jpg)
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Abe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln
by Doreen Rappaport and Kadir Nelson
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Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya
by Donna Jo Napoli and Kadir Nelson
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![The Village That Vanished](https://www.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0803726236.jpg)
![Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life](https://www.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0689868669.jpg)
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